The Adriaen Block and Hendrick Christianson’s Historische Workgroup (ABHC-HW) was initiated in 1994 by Hubert de Leeuw. In the ensuing years, much has happened. It began in 1992. While traveling for business in Seattle, Hubert made a side trip to Vancouver, British Columbia where he made a surprising discovery: New Netherland. He was intrigued, to(…)

2014 marks an important moment in history: the 400th anniversary of a series of significant events in 1614 that linked the Native American Communities of the Northeast to New Netherland, the Dutch colony founded in that year.